Aug 29, 2019
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2030, 2030 Agenda, 21 September, activism, activist, Atlantic voyage, Climate, climate activist, Climate Change, climate summit, ClimateWorks Foundation, COP25, crisis, England, environment, Greta Thunberg, Laura Seydel, New York, New York City sailing clubs, New York Harbor, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, North Cove Sailing, People, Plymouth, press conference, Protest, protester, sailboat, sailboats, science, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, Swedish, TBWA, the 16-year-old, UN Climate Action Summit, United Nations Climate Action Summi, United Nations Foundation, United States Coast Guard, Youth Climate Summit
New York, NY – August 28, 2019: 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives into New York City after crossing the Atlantic in a sailboat and attend press conference at North Cove Marina. Photo: Lev Radin Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, sailed into New York Harbor today (28 Aug), flanked by a fleet of 17 sailboats representing each of the Sustainable Development Goals on their sails. Thunberg is arriving to participate in the Youth Climate Summit and the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations Headquarters next month. The flotilla met Thunberg [Read More]
Apr 2, 2017
News, United Nations
2030 Agenda, Antonio Guterres, autism, Autism Advantage, autism spectrum, Daniel Emig, Employment, Rights of Persons with Disabilities, SDGs, Secretary General, Sofia Lachapelle, UN, united nations, WAAD, World Autism Awareness Day
United Nations, New York, USA, 31 March 2017 – Sofia Lachapelle along with Hundreds of guests participated on the 2017 World Autism Awareness Day today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Ahead of World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement today (31 March), calling for a change of attitude towards persons with autism “and in recognizing their rights as citizens.” The statement read at a special event at UN Headquarters in NY by Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Cristina Gallach, said that “like everyone else” people in the autism spectrum [Read More]
Feb 5, 2016
News, United Nations
2030 Agenda, Ahmad Alhendawi, Deputy Secretary-General, Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, Guy Ryder, Jan Eliasson, Oh Joon, Politics, Samar Samir Mezghanni, SDGs, UN, united nations, Youth Forum
The International Labor Organization launches a Global Initiative on Decent Jobs NEW YORK, 3 February 2016 – Unemployment. But also poverty, climate change, inequality. On February 1 to 2, the annual United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum took place at the UN Headquarters in New York. Hundreds of youth leaders met with President of the 54-member body Oh Joon and other UN officials to discuss how their generation can promote and advocate the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda approved by Member States last year. On the first day of the Forum, an initiative promoted [Read More]
